William_Moray-Stirling,_17th_of_Abercairny
William Moray-Stirling, 17th of Abercairny and Ardoch (1 June 1785 – 9 November 1850) was a Scottish landowner.
Moray-Stirling was born on 1 June 1785 in Perthshire, Scotland. He was the son of Charles Moray, 15th of Abercairny and the former Anne Stirling. His elder brother was James Moray, 16th of Abercairny, who was a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire and who married Elizabeth Erskine (daughter of Gen. Sir William Erskine, Bt) and, after her death, Mary Thomas.[1] His younger brother, Charles Moray, died unmarried at Ardoch in 1820.[1]
He was a major in the army, and was present at Battle of Waterloo in 1815.[1]
He succeeded his mother in Ardoch in 1820, when he added the name Stirling, and succeeded his brother in Abercairny in 1840 (who died without issue),[2] which he disentailed.[1]
On 18 October 1826, William married the Hon. Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Douglas (d. 1854), third daughter of Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas,[3] but had no children.[1]
Upon his death on 9 November 1850, he was succeeded in both of his estates by his sister, Christian, who was married to Henry Home-Drummond of Blair Drummond. His widow died on 14 September 1854.[1]
- Fraser, Sir William (1858). The Stirlngs of Keir: And Their Family Papers. Priv. print. p. 125. ISBN 978-5-87311-796-3. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et (1994). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Anne of Exeter volume : containing the descendants of Anne (Pantagenet) Duchess of Exeter. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-8063-1433-4. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- Burke, Bernard (1937). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Founded by the Late Sir Bernard Burke. Shaw. Retrieved 13 August 2021.